Refrigerator



Oct. 23, 192s. 1,688,909

W. H. WHlTTlER REFRIGERATOR Filed May 14, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A TTORNE Y.

Oct. 23, m28. f 1,688,909

. W. H. WHITTIER o- \z BY A ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 23, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,688,909 PATENT foFFIcE.

WALTER IE. 'WHITTIER, 0F GRAND RAPiID-S, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR-TO :KIELITINALOIB' l CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF'MICHIGAN.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application sied may 14, 1927.' serial no. 191,322.

This invention relates to refrigerator cabinets.

An object of the invention is to-provide a refrigerator with a single door arranged to close or expose both a v food storage cham-ber and a chamber housing a refrigerating medium.

A further object of the invention resides in the manner of supporting and securing the ice supporting partition in a refrigerator structure. l c

Another object of the invention is to provide a durable refrigerator construction which can be manufactured for a minimum cost.

Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view of the re- $0 frigerator taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 but with the door closed.

The refrigerator cabinet structure4 consists generally of a front wall 10, top wall 11, bottom wall 12, 'side walls 9, and a rear wall 13,

defining an interiorr chamber which is divided by vertical and horizontal partitionsinto a plurality of food storage'compartments 14 and an ice compartment 15. The front wall' of the refrigerator is preferablyr provided 0 with two openings which are closed by the doors 17 and 18, the door 17 closing the opening to the ice chamber 15 as well as to the food storage compartment 14 immediatelybelow the ice chamber. Due to the excessive loads, such as large blocks of ice which are continually placed in the ice chamber, it 1s quite necessary that the bottom wall of the ice chamber should be rigidly supported within the cabinet to prevent the bottom wall from sagging. In the construction shown'in the accompanying ,drawings a supporting member 20 is preferably secured to one of the end posts and to the middle post of the cabinet structure, andfextends transversely across the door opening. This frame member is provided with a groove 2l extendjnglongitudinally' thereof substantially lthe ull length o the frame member for receiving one end of a supporting angle bracket 22. A partition 26 generally constructed of wood is supported at its front end on an inwardly extending end 25 of t-he bracket and the rear end of the partition is supported on a bracket 27 which is fastened to the rear wall 13 of the refrigerator cabinet structure. It will be noted that this partition is thus rigidly supported along its front and rear edges and consequently it will not sag and is strong enough to tsupport heavy loads, such asV large blocks of ice which are placed in the ice compartment.

The door 17 is constructed and arranged'to fit. this particular cabinet construction. It will be noted that the outer face of the frame member 20 is set in from the face of the front lwall Iof the refrigerator cabinet and therefrigerator door lining is formediof two sections spaced suificiently to ,form a recessed portion 27.a that will straddle the frame member when the door, is closed. Such a con struction permits the construction of a door having a maximum amount of heat insulation 4assembled therewith, without requiring the door to be unnecessarily projected from the front face of the cabinet.- Suitable sealing strips 28 are ,carried by the door structure and arranged to engage th'e top and bottom of said frame member to prevent circulation of air between the door. and outer/face of the frame member because such air, which is comparatively cold, would cause condensation`on the face of the door if permitted to circulate adjacent the front panel of the door, such condensation being liable to cause serious damageinthe cabinet structure by warping the outer door panel or loosening the joints in the door structure. The cold air is thus directed and caused to 4travel through the opening 29 between the ice chamber 15 and food .chamber 14.- therebelow. A A

A. pan member 30 rests upon the-partition 26, and the edges thereof are turned upwardly and lie adjacent the walls ofthe lining 31 within the chamber' 15. A sleet metal casing 32 extends substantially around the supporting member 20 and one end 33 thereof extends over the front edgof the pan member for the purposes of covering the exposed up- "per 'front end of the pan member to direct condensation within the pan member and to assist in positioning the pan member in a stationa relation.

Various cha-n es in the structure ma)T be made without claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a refrigerated food storage cabinet, a horizontal partition dividing said cabinet into a refrigerating chamber and a refrigerated chamber, said cabinet having openings.

. through the front wall to permit access to each of said chambers, and a single door clos-- -the openings, said door extending into the openings in the'front wall of said cabinet.

3, In a refrigerated food storage. cabinet having Va refrigerating chamber and a .rerigerated chamber, the front wall of said cabinet having openings to permit access to each ofsaid chambers, a horizontal partition separatingsaid chambers, and a single'dooreparting from thespirit of- -the invention as set forth in the" appended adapted to close the openings, said door having Iinsulation means extending into said chambers when closed, said door being adapted to close both of the openings in a tightly sealed relation. l,

4. In a refrigerated food storage cabinet, a horizontal partition dividing 4said cabinet into a refrigerating chamber and a refrigerated chamber, said cabinet having openings to permit' access to said chambers, and a single door for the openings, the insulation of said door bein arranged in two spaced sections, the space etween the insulating sections beingadapted to receive a portion of said partitlon.

5. In a refrigerated food storage, cabinet having a refrigerating chamber and a refrigerated chamber, the front wall of said cabinet having openings t0 permit access to each of said chambers, a horizontal partition separating said chambers, a single door adapted to close theopenin s, said door having insulation extending linto said chambers, and a groove to receive said partition, said door being adapted to close the openings, and means secured vto the edges of saidiloor for sealing the joint with said cabinet wall.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aitix my signature. y

' i WALTER H. WHITTIER. 

